Cobia vs ROFFS
Two ways to find the temperature breaks and color changes before you run offshore. One is an oceanographer’s analysis you order. The other is in your pocket every morning.
ROFFS prices and features checked November 7, 2026. Sources at the bottom of the page.
ROFFS is a paid service where oceanographers make an offshore analysis when you order one, a PDF with the water mass boundaries and hot spot coordinates, for about 60 areas from New England to the Gulf, starting at $90 an analysis. Cobia makes its offshore spots automatically every night for seven regions off Southeast Florida and the northern Bahamas, updates them at 5:30 AM Eastern, picks two or three starts from your inlet, and sends them to your plotter as a GPX file. It is free during the beta with an early-join pass.
Your starts, on a map, every morning.
A real Cobia map from October 30. No PDF to order: the water and the spots are in the app before you wake up, with starts measured from your inlet.
Gold lines are the sharpest temperature breaks. Dots are that morning’s spots, and the numbered ones are the starts for Jupiter Inlet.
Decent 4.8°F break in 11 fm, favorable 3 days running
Decent 0.6°F break in 125 fm, favorable 3 days running
Strong 2.0°F break in 28 fm, favorable 4 days running
Not for navigation. Check your chart for shallows and hazards before you go.
Cobia offshore spots and a ROFFS analysis
ROFFS facts are read off roffs.com, and FishCast off Simrad’s FAQ. Where we could not confirm something, the cell says not listed.
| Cobia offshore spots | ROFFS analysis | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Two or three GPS starts for your inlet each morning, rated Strong to Weak, on a live map you can switch between temperature and color | A PDF per area: a map of SST and ocean color with the water mass boundaries marked, hot spot dots with coordinates, and a written description |
| Who makes it | Made automatically for every region, every night | Made by ROFFS oceanographers, 1 to 2 hours per analysis |
| When it comes out | Every evening for the next day, updated at 5:30 AM Eastern with the morning look at the water | On order. Order by 2 PM Eastern on weekdays and it is sent the afternoon or evening before you fish |
| How you order | Nothing to order. Pick your region and home inlet once | Online, by phone or by email, per area and per day |
| Price | Free during the beta, with an early-join pass | $90 per offshore analysis, $80 inshore and South Florida. Prepaid packs from 6 for $513 to 36 for $2,268. VIP from $3,000 a year |
| Where it covers | Seven, from Sebastian to Abaco: Southeast Florida and the northern Bahamas | About 60 areas: the US East Coast, the Gulf, the Bahamas, Bermuda and Cabo San Lucas |
| Positions | GPS in degrees and decimal minutes, decimal degrees or degrees, minutes and seconds, with the run and heading from your inlet | Latitude and longitude coordinates in the PDF |
| Getting it on the plotter | A GPX file for Garmin ActiveCaptain, Navionics, C-MAP or an SD card | Not listed for the PDF. FishCast, a separate automated ROFFS product, overlays on select Simrad plotters |
| During the day | Save a spot and get a push if it moves, fades or goes under cloud, checked hourly 7 AM to 3 PM | Free phone updates for buyers, 10:30 AM to noon Eastern |
| Days a spot has held | A number next to the spot, from 2 days up | A number inside the hot spot dot |
| Cloudy mornings | Spots under cloud are marked as estimates | Analysts use cloud free modeled data |
| On your phone | In the Cobia app on iPhone and Android | A PDF you download or open from email |
Offshore spots without ordering a report
Cobia reads the temperature breaks, color changes, upwellings and the edge of the Stream across your region overnight.
Every region, every morning
There is nothing to order and no deadline. A report for tomorrow comes out every evening and updates at 5:30 AM Eastern with the latest look at the water.
Starts from your inlet
Set your home inlet once. Your two or three starts weigh how good each spot looks against how far you would run, with the run and heading, like 19 nm ESE.
Straight to the plotter
Share a GPX file to Garmin ActiveCaptain, Navionics or C-MAP, or copy one position in the format your plotter takes.
Alerts while you run
Save a spot and Cobia pushes you if it moves, fades or goes under cloud during the day.
Where ROFFS is ahead
A comparison that only lists our strengths is an ad. Here is where we would point you at ROFFS.
- Far more water. About 60 areas from New England to the Gulf, plus Bermuda and Cabo. Cobia covers seven regions off Southeast Florida and the northern Bahamas.
- A person reads the water. Each ROFFS analysis is made by one of their oceanographers, who weighs currents, chlorophyll, clarity and the history of the fronts, then writes it up.
- Decades of history. ROFFS has been forecasting offshore water since the 1980s, for recreational, tournament and commercial fishermen.
- Someone to call. Buyers can phone ROFFS for an update the morning they fish.
Cobia and ROFFS, answered
ROFFS, Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, is a paid offshore fishing analysis service founded by Dr. Mitchell Roffer and based in West Melbourne, Florida. Its oceanographers make a PDF analysis per area, with sea surface temperature and ocean color maps, the water mass boundaries marked, hot spot coordinates and a written description, sent the evening before you fish.
On November 7, 2026, roffs.com listed a single offshore analysis at $90 and an inshore or South Florida one at $80. Prepaid packs ran from 6 for $513 to 36 for $2,268, with credits that expire on December 31, and VIP plans started at $3,000 a year.
ROFFS oceanographers make an analysis when you order one, for about 60 areas. Cobia makes its offshore spots automatically for seven regions off Southeast Florida and the northern Bahamas, every night, updates them at 5:30 AM Eastern, picks two or three starts measured from your inlet, and sends them to your plotter as a GPX file.
Nothing during the beta. Offshore hotspots comes with a free early-join pass, and every region is included.
For the seven regions it covers, Cobia gives you daily starting points on the temperature breaks, color changes and upwellings without ordering anything. If you fish outside those regions, or you want an oceanographer’s written read and a phone call the morning you go, ROFFS offers that and Cobia does not.
Sources
Every claim about ROFFS on this page was checked on November 7, 2026. Prices and plans change, so check roffs.com before you buy. ROFFS and FishCast are trademarks of their owners and are named here only to identify the services being compared. Cobia is not affiliated with them.
- ROFFS FAQ (how each analysis is made, timing, delivery, phone updates)
- ROFFS recreational fishing analysis page
- ROFFS prepaid plans and single analysis prices
- ROFFS VIP plans
- ROFFS Southeastern U.S. areas and prices
- ROFFS Miami to Florida Keys areas and prices
- ROFFS about page
- ROFFS sample analysis PDF
- FishCast powered by ROFFS, Simrad FAQ
Get in early
Offshore hotspots is free during the beta with an early-join pass. Download Cobia, pick your region and home inlet, and tomorrow’s starts are waiting when you wake up.
iPhone with iOS 17 or later, or Android 8.0 or later. Setup takes about a minute.